‘We’re putting President Ramaphosa under pressure,’ says ANCYL on KZN jobs march

ANC Youth League leader Collen Malatji says the jobs march in KwaZulu-Natal is meant to 'put the president of the country under pressure'.

The youth league says if the ANC does not resolve the unemployment crisis, it will take the march to the Union Buildings.African National Congress Youth League leader Collen Malatji says the jobs march in eThekwini is meant to “put the president of the country under pressure”.

Last month, Statistics SA reported that the official unemployment rate had risen by 0.6% to 33.5% in the second quarter. According to Stats SA, 92,000 more people lost their jobs during this period.Young people face the highest unemployment rates, with 60.8% of those aged 15 to 24 and 41.7% of those aged 25 to 34 affected.In April last year, then-mayor Mxolisi Kaunda, in his State of the City Address, listed projects the city would launch.

If the mother body does not implement its programmes, the youth league will march to the Union Buildings too.

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